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More and more consumers know exactly what they want from a brand, the lifestyle they desire, the type of brand relationships that matter to them, and how those relationships will inspire them to achieve their personal an...

Advanced Micro Devices is launching its 7th-generation AMD Pro desktop processors for business computers. The AMD Pro chips are accelerated processing units (APUs), which combine a central processing unit and graphics pr...

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Spotify, an ever-popular music streaming service in Western countries, says it will start regular service in Japan from November. Is its turntable spinning backwards or something?

Houston Texans President Jamey Rootes on hosting football's big game.

GUEST: The shift in the startup world from apps to A.I. is, in essence, moving from making tools to making people. An app enabled a user to perform a function; at its heart it is DIY. Therefore, apps can be judged by the...

Not feeling well? Exhibiting some specific symptoms? Think you’ve got the Zika virus?The Gyant health bot wants to diagnose your illness and, based on your answers, give a percentage of likelihood that you have an ulce...

WhatsApp is jumping on the Messenger, Instagram, and Snapchat bandwagon with the launch of new camera features that lets you further personalize your photos and videos. Users can now write, draw, and even add emojis to t...

Microsoft search engine Bing has new functionality for esports. Users can get information about specific tournaments through the site. This is another example of the world trying to take advantage of a growing competitiv...

When startups and big banks work together, great things can happen.

One of the most popular games of all time is back, and you can start playing it this week. On Wednesday, Activision is unleashing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Remastered for anyone who prepurchases the Deluxe or Legacy...

VB LIVE: One of the most iconic print brands of the last 60 years has made a tremendous splash in social marketing — and it’s had transformative impact across all channels, online and off. Find out how Playboy levera...

Before you can start reaping the benefits of connecting with social media masters, you need to know where and how to find them. Let's dig in.

GUEST: When I saw the summary of the recently released Forrester white paper on what banks should do in the face of the rapidly evolving usage of chatbots, I was pretty floored. At Finn, we believe strongly it is essenti...

Microsoft is expanding the capabilities of Xbox Live, and that includes making it a more feature-rich destination for competitive gamers. Arena is up now on Xbox Live and the Xbox app for Windows 10 in the U.S. Preview P...

By the time you get to senior level positions in a company, you should know how interviewing works, and what needs to be done to close the deal and get the job.

Highlights from recent conversations with HealthTap CEO Ron Gutman and StartUp Health's Unity Stoakes on lessons learned and what the future looks like for healthcare.

PRESS RELEASE: A leader in the employment background check industry, Accurate Background, has announced the release of their new Candidate Portal. The new portal will be accessible to all candidates having their backgrou...

In the first debate, a question was posed about how the candidates might heal the racial divide. Donald Trump's answer, strangely enough, was "law and order," including "stop and frisk." These are phrases not commonly us...

If the Cold War had gone differently, Russia would probably already have a reserve of walking tanks. Instead, our somewhat more peaceful reality will have to settle for mobile games about mechanized combat robots. Mail.R...

While at the time it might seem to be a good idea for Uber to raise prices for customers to incentivize drivers to go to an area that could be dangerous, I believe there is a greater backlash to making such a decision.

Recently a report suggested that Microsoft would perhaps stop fighting public cloud market leader Amazon Web Services (AWS) when it comes to cutting cloud prices in order to win and retain business. But Microsoft’s lat...